Episode 138: A Humble Peanut Farmer (Part 2)
Special Guest hosts Robert Skvarla and Hailey Rounsaville give us the second part of a series on Jimmy Carter.
Presented and produced by Seamus McGuinness!
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Episode 137: Plumbing the Depths
We look at HBO’s new series, White House Plumbers. Bryce Green and our own Seamus McGuinness join Aaron to review this strange production.
Bryce Green is a graduate student at Indiana University in Bloomingto...
2023-07-15 19:19:53 +0000 UTC View PostState of the Exception - June Update (Audio)
Aaron and Seamus provide an update and answer patron questions! Special thanks to all Light Bringers for their generous support!
2023-07-11 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostState of the Exception - June Update (Video)
Aaron and Seamus provide an update and answer patron questions! Special thanks to all Light Bringers for their generous support!
2023-07-11 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 136: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 15)
Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses his Iran-Contra era experiences, including his work on the Kerry committee as well as his involvement with Gary Webb and the film, Kill the Messenger.
This is the 15th installment of our oral history series with the prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics ap...
2023-07-07 16:12:21 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 135: A Humble Peanut Farmer... (Part 1)
Special Guest hosts Robert Skvarla and Hailey Rounsaville give us the first of a two-part series on Jimmy Carter.
(Aaron is away at a family memorial service for his younger sister and will return very soon)
Presented and produced by Seamus McGuinness!<...
2023-07-03 20:46:35 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 134: RFK Jr: Truth at the Twilight of Empire
Dick Russell joins us to talk about his new book, The Real RFK Jr: Trials of a Truth Warrior. Russell is the author of fifteen books including two ground-breaking books on the JFK assassination:
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I am leaving town for a few days to attend my sister's memorial. We have an interview with legendary JFK researcher and RFK jr biographer Dick Russell coming up, then a special episode on Jimmy Carter from Robert Skvarla and Hailey Rounsaville--presented and produced by Seamus McGuiness! Big thanks to Rob and Hailey and Seamus for helping at this difficult time!
When I get back, we'll record the Light Brineger Zoom session. We'...
Episode 133: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 14)
Professor Peter Dale Scott discusses his seminal work on Indonesia 1965. He began researching the subject in the 1970’s, with his research culminating in a landmark 1985 academic article, “The United States And The Overthrow Of Sukarno, 1965-1967” as well as a public event in which Peter and dissident ex-CIA of...
2023-06-25 16:21:47 +0000 UTC View PostDavid Talbot and Aaron Good on Useful Idiots
Check out our appearance on the Useful Idiots show with Katie Halper and Aaron Mate. We talk about the Kennedy assassinations and RFK Jr's presidential campaign.
2023-06-23 22:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 132: New 9/11-CIA Revelations
Kit Klarenberg and Ben Howard join us to discuss new revelations about the CIA’s criminal mischief prior to 9/11.
In particular, we discuss Kit’s recent GrayZone article “Bombshell filing: 9/11 hi...
2023-06-21 23:23:45 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 131: Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light w/Peter Dale Scott (Part 13)
After nearly a one year hiatus, Professor Peter Dale Scott returns to resume our Minding the Darkness, Minding the Light oral history series. We pick up where we left off, in the aftermath of Watergate. This is the 13th installment of the series with prolific poet, historian, and political theorist who gave us parapolitics as well as the deep politics approach.
Special thanks to 2023-06-17 19:38:35 +0000 UTC
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Episode 130: Approaching the 60th
James DiEugenio returns to talk about the upcoming 60th anniversary of the JFK assassination and the significance of Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential run. DiEugenio is the screenwriter and co-creator of Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass as well as 2023-06-13 15:37:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Hell! - Bonus Update
Since we couldn't fit in all the subscriber questions in the May Zoom, Seamus and I recorded a bonus session where we answer the rest of the questions and talk about recent developments!
2023-06-10 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 129: Corbyn and the Israel Lobby w/Asa Winstanley
Asa Winstanley joins us to talk about his new book, Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn. Asa is an investigative journalist at Electronic Intifada.
State of the Exception - May Update (Video)
Aaron and Seamus provide an update and answer patron questions! Special thanks to all Light Bringers for their generous support!
2023-06-03 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostState of the Exception - May Update (Audio)
Aaron and Seamus provide an update and answer patron questions! Special thanks to all Light Bringers for their generous support!
2023-06-03 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 128: The Company’s Tortured Logic w/John Kiriakou
We talk with former CIA officer John Kiriakou. We pick up where we left off with John last time—as the Global War on Terror was beginning, setting off a series of events which would lead to John exposing and essentially blowing the whistle on the CIA’s torture program. John is co-host of the ...
2023-05-30 18:07:49 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 127: Parafascism and the Deep State (Part 4)
We are joined by the two academic sages of deep politics, Peter Dale Scott and Ola Tunander. This is Part 4 of our Parafascism and the Deep State series focusing on two seminal essays—Peter Dale Scott’s “Transnationalised Repression” Parafascism and the US” and Ola Tunander’s “2023-05-26 17:18:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 126: Parafascism and the Deep State (Part 3)
We are joined by two old friends and luminaries--Peter Dale Scott and Ola Tunander. Following up on the previous two episodes in our Parafascism and the Deep State series this series, we discuss two seminal essays—Peter Dale Scott’s “Transnationalised Repression: Parafascism and the US” and Ola Tunander’s “2023-05-22 16:31:31 +0000 UTC View Post
May Zoom Update/Q and A Session!
Our monthly Light Bringer Zoom session is coming up soon. We'll give some updates and answer patron questions. Please put your questions in the comments below!
2023-05-21 18:33:44 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 125: Parafascism and the Deep State (Part 2)
Aaron and Seamus discuss Ola Tunander’s seminal essay, “Democratic State vs. Deep State: Approaching the Dual State of the West.” The piece was included in the anthology 2023-05-18 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 124: Parafascism and the Deep State (Part 1)
Aaron and Seamus discuss Peter Dale Scott’s seminal essay, “Transnationalised Repression” Parafascism and the US.” The piece was written in 1977 and published by Lobster in 1986. This episode is the first part of our Parafascism a...
2023-05-14 04:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 123: The Quest for Peace (Video)
We are joined by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who discusses his presidential campaign and the quest for peace undertaken by his uncle and father.
Special thanks to Seamus McGuinness for producing the episode!<...
2023-05-11 00:26:53 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 123: The Quest for Peace w/RFK Jr.
We are joined by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who discusses his presidential campaign and the quest for peace undertaken by his uncle and father.
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria for producin...
2023-05-11 00:22:04 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 122: Ukraine and the Manufacture of Consent
Bryce Green joins us to give a broad rundown on Ukraine-related topics, drawing largley from two articles that Bryce wrote last year for FAIR.
The first is What You Should Really Know About Ukraine
The second is 2023-05-06 23:26:00 +0000 UTC View Post
State of the Exception - April Update (Video)
Aaron and Seamus give an update, address current events like Tucker Carlson's ouster, and answer patron questions! Deep appreciation for the Light Bringers and their generous support!
2023-05-02 13:15:33 +0000 UTC View PostState of the Exception - April Update
Aaron and Seamus give an update, address current events like Tucker Carlson's ouster, and answer patron questions! Deep appreciation for the Light Bringers and their generous support!
2023-05-02 13:15:27 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 121: Chasing the Octopus
Matt from Ghost Stories for the End of the World joins us to talk about Danny Casolaro’s doomed quest to expose “the Octopus.”
Special thanks to Dana Chavarria 2023-04-28 16:26:38 +0000 UTC View Post
JFK and Israel (AE120; EDS 27) - Video
We look at JFK’s policies toward the Middle East and Israel most specifically. This is the 27th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. Again I am joined by series co-host 2023-04-24 21:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post